Seattle may not have warm, glorious sun (at the moment). And our Junes tend to be sad, drizzly affairs. But we’re about to get our bragging rights for the first day of summer, when Seattle has more daylight than any other major metro in the contiguous United States. That’s right, world. Seattle will have 15:59 […]
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Last year, 10.2 million tourists came to Seattle/King County and contributed $479 million in state and local tax revenues, according to Visit Seattle. “Direct visitor spending benefits hotels, retailers, restaurants, attractions, transportation services and other businesses, and supports jobs for more than 53,500 people in the Seattle region,” the nonprofit marketing group reported. What did the […]
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God is no longer Courtney Stodden’s only plastic surgeon. The Ocean Shores 18-year-old has now proudly announced that she underwent plastic surgery to enlarge her breasts. She told all to Eonline. She could have told TMZ, but we frankly think TMI would have been more made more sense. After, she said she has gone from […]
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From Chron.com: Curiousity has taken a plethora — yes, a plethora — of wonderful images from the surface of Mars. You can see more of Curiosity’s greatest hits, so far, in the slideshow above. In response to questions about the rover’s capacity to snap all of these pictures, Justin Maki, the engineering camera team lead, […]
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Tammy Dunakin, owner of Rent a Ruminant, has rescued a few goats in her time and also put them to work … eating. Once again Dunakin and about 120 of her goats are hitting the slopes under the viaduct in Seattle near Lenora Street and the Pine Street Hill Climb to eat through the hard-to-get-to […]
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The sounds of a bubbling creek and wind passing through trees high overhead accompanied the horns and strings of a symphony performed in Ravenna Park ravine on Saturday night. Performers played excerpts from composer Nat Evans’ “Hungry Ghosts.” The music was performed by candlelight. Also performed was “mr/2,” composed by John Teske and an improvised […]
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Thousands of University of Washington students received their degrees at the university’s 2013 commencement ceremony on Saturday. And of course we have photos from the ceremony. You can click on the image above or click here to see a collection of photos from the 2013 University of Washington graduation ceremony. Visit seattlepi.com’s home page for […]
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